TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1996
TOTAL FEMALES FEMALES FEMALES TOTAL
POPULATION AGES AGES AGES LIVE
RACE ALL AGES 10-19 10-14 15-19 BIRTHS
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TOTAL 61,480 4,774 2,343 2,431 1,030
WHITE 37,591 2,487 1,242 1,245 481
NONWHITE 23,889 2,287 1,101 1,186 549
-------- ALL RACES -------- ---------- WHITE ---------- -------- NONWHITE ---------
ALL AGES AGES AGES ALL AGES AGES AGES ALL AGES AGES AGES
TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19 TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19 TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19
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TEENAGE BIRTHS 196 8 76 112 45 0 15 30 151 8 61 82
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 21 1 10 10 3 0 1 2 18 1 9 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 36 2 18 16 6 0 2 4 30 2 16 12
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 170 8 73 89 26 0 12 14 144 8 61 75
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 44 0 11 33 6 0 0 6 38 0 11 27
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 57 0 14 43 11 0 1 10 46 0 13 33
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 20 0 14 6 3 0 2 1 17 0 12 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 41.0 3.4 77.3 (15-19) 18.1 0.0 36.1 (15-19) 66.0 7.3 120.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 10.2 0.0 13.2 8.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.2 0.0 16.4 12.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 50 5 20 25 19 0 11 8 31 5 9 17
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 255.1 625.0 263.2 223.2 422.2 . 733.3 266.7 205.3 625.0 147.5 207.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 248 13 97 138 64 0 26 38 184 13 71 100
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 51.9 5.5 96.7 (15-19) 25.7 0.0 51.4 (15-19) 80.4 11.8 144.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1
* ACCORDING TO THE KESSNER INDEX
** SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350 GRAMS OR MORE
# FIGURES BY RACE MAY NOT ADD TO TOTAL BECAUSE TOTAL FIGURES INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH RACE OF MOTHER WAS UNKNOWN
DEFINITIONS:
IMMATURE=BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS
PREMATURE=GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS
FERTILITY RATE=LIVE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
FETAL DEATH RATIO=FETAL DEATHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
INDUCED TERM. RATIO=INDUCED TERMINATIONS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
PREGNANCIES=LIVE BIRTHS PLUS FETAL DEATHS PLUS INDUCED TERMINATIONS
PREGNANCY RATE=PREGNANCIES OF WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
INFANT DEATH=DEATH OF A LIVE-BORN INFANT BEFORE REACHING 1 YEAR OF AGE
